Magnet and Grape Goblet

Object Name: 
Magnet and Grape Goblet

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Object Name: 
Magnet and Grape Goblet
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
50.4.417
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.75 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1845-1870
Primary Description: 
Magnet and Grape Goblet. Lead glass, colorless; pressed in one piece; semi-barrel bowl, with alternate magnet-panel and panel with bunch of grapes below frosted leaf, inverted-baluster stem resting on circular cushion on low dome foot with "daisy" on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Magnet and Grape
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
acid-etching
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (2)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 265, #1055; BIB# 30457
The Story of Glass (1953) illustrated, plate 10-11 (fig. d); BIB# 25461